CRC - 2017P 1By Commissioner Martinez
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1 A proposal to amend
2 Section 8 of Article V of the State Constitution to
3 increase the age after which a justice or judge may no
4 longer serve in a judicial office.
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6 Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
7 Florida:
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9 Section 8 of Article V of the State Constitution is amended
10 to read:
11 ARTICLE V
12 JUDICIARY
13 SECTION 8. Eligibility.—No person shall be eligible for
14 office of justice or judge of any court unless the person is an
15 elector of the state and resides in the territorial jurisdiction
16 of the court. No justice or judge shall serve after attaining
17 the age of seventy-fiveseventy years except upon temporary
18 assignment or to complete a term, one-half of which has been
19 served. No person is eligible for the office of justice of the
20 supreme court or judge of a district court of appeal unless the
21 person is, and has been for the preceding ten years, a member of
22 the bar of Florida. No person is eligible for the office of
23 circuit judge unless the person is, and has been for the
24 preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida. Unless
25 otherwise provided by general law, no person is eligible for the
26 office of county court judge unless the person is, and has been
27 for the preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida.
28 Unless otherwise provided by general law, a person shall be
29 eligible for election or appointment to the office of county
30 court judge in a county having a population of 40,000 or less if
31 the person is a member in good standing of the bar of Florida.